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]\[njor Chamhrcs was a deputy-lieutenant and liigh sheriff for Denbigh- 

 shire, lie was made a county magistrate for Wirral in 1867, and was most 

 indefatigable in his attendance on the bench. Mr. l^skrigge said of him : — 



Mr. Chanibres as a nia^i.strat(> was ever eminently just, but at the same 

 time his justice was tempered with mercy. To evcrythinj; in the nature of 

 meanness or cruelty he was stern to the last degree; but where there was any 

 excuse to be found for the delinquent he was the first man to see it and to give 

 it its due weight. He was a noble-living, courteous Christian gentleman. 

 Whether the late ^[ajor Chambres was speaking to, or brought into contact 

 with, men in high or low station, his courtesy was the same. 



.•\ brother magistrate was once brought before him for the offence of 

 jumping on to a ferry-boat after the gangway had been withdrawn. Major 

 Chambres felt it to be his duty to fine his friend ; but to salve the wounded 

 feelings of the irritated '"beak," he assured him tliat he left the court without 

 a stain upon his character. 



Major Chambres encouraged his family to be fond of sport, and in later 

 years he might often be seen, accompanied by his daughters, riding with the 

 harriers. His eldest son for a (c\v years joined the R.R.B., and doubtless 

 bis son Algernon Chambres, wiio is well known to most beaglers, would 

 have joined us long since, had not his predilections towards horsemanship 

 bound him to the harriers. 



5amc5 XTuvbett. 



" r>iit wheieffire do you hold me here so long? 

 What is it that you woulJ impart to me ? ' 



jfiiHus Cirsar, net i, scene 2. 



About the year 1848, when a very young man, Turbett came over from 

 Ireland to learn business in Liveriwol. He took lodgings at Rock Ferry, 

 and being the son of a good old Irish sportsman, he naturally made the 

 acquaintance of some of the beaglers. These invited him to the early morn- 

 ing meets in Sei)tember, 1849, ^"^ setting imbued with the love of sport, he 

 despatched the following letter to his father, in order to raise the amount of 

 the subscri[)tion, he then being on a fixed allowance : — 



2nd October, 1849. 



My dear Father, — I write to make the following request : that you kindly 

 send me a present of £^, being subscription to a pack of beagles that hunt on 

 foot. I was at a meet, at 6 o'clock the other morning ; had an excellent run, 

 which I enjo\-ed. I was delighted with the hounds, and all connected with the 

 sport : the members were all perfect gentlemen. I have heard the Hunt are 

 very particular in selecting members. The exercise is grand. I can arrange an 

 occasional day's absence without interfering with office business. 



His father, himself a sportsman, readily responded, and sent him the 

 cash by return cf post, when Turbett was duly elected a member of the 

 R.R.B., 15th October, 1849. He had the honour of being proposed by 



